Month: April 2017
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Blog11 During the 1850s there was an event known now as the Xhosa Cattle-Killing. This cattle killing is exactly what it sounds like. Almost all the Xhosa cattle and crop were destroyed. This event took place in South Africa after several years of existential problems. These problems came in many different forms and were troublesome …
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Blog10 According Eric Williams, the British industrial revolution was in part linked to the profits made from the African slave trade. The Atlantic trade also offered materials from across the known world to Europe. Britain because of the trade managed to amass great amounts of wealth from the Atlantic trade. The increased in raw materials …
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Blog11 During the 1850s there was an event known now as the Xhosa Cattle-Killing. This event took place in South Africa after several years of existential problems. Many of these problems took the form of natural disasters and colonial expansion. At this point many people were likely seeking an answer to these threats on their …
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Blog9 At the beginning of “Abina And The Important Men” slavery in British controlled parts of Africa is outlawed. However, slavery in not something that simply goes away overnight. African countries were still exercising the use of slavery despite the British presence. This is somewhat because there was still a demand for labor. Also, there …
